Journal of Water Resource and Protection

Journal of Water Resource and Protection (JWARP) is an international peer-reviewed, open access journal publishing in English original research studies, reviews in all aspects of water resources and protection. ISSN: 1945-3108 (ONLINE) ISSN: 1945-3094 (PRINT) Journal metadata

Aims and scope

JWARP is an international refereed journal dedicated to the latest advancement of water resources and protection. The goal of this journal is to keep a record of the state-of-the-art research and promote the research work in these fast moving areas:

- Economic, sociological, and environmental considerations of water resources and sustainable use of water resources

- Innovative technologies and engineering solutions for water resources protection

Monitoring, modeling and prediction of water pollution (watershed, lakes, rivers, estuaries, and coasts)

- Sea water utilization

- Surface and ground water systems and water pollution control

- Water management automation system

- Water purification and wastewater treatment (mechanical, biological, chemical, and other treatments)

- Water resources and climatic change

- Water resources conservation

- Water resources protection and sustainable use

- Water resources restoration and management

- Water resources study and water quality assessment

We are also interested in short papers (letters) that clearly address a specific problem, and short survey or position papers that sketch the results or problems on a specific topic. Authors of selected short papers would be invited to write a regular paper on the same topic for future issues of the JWARP

Indexing

JWARP has been indexed by several world class databases:

The Library of Congress

ProQuest

Gale

CAS

CAB Abstracts

CSP

EBSCO

Index Copernicus

CrossRef

Google Scholar

DOAJ

Tsinghua University

Harbin Institute of Technology

University of Science and Technology of China

JiLin University

Beijing Institute of Technology

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

National Taiwan University

Dalian University of Technology

Zhejiang University

Tong Ji University

Nankai University

Nanjing University

Editors

Editors in Chief

Prof. Jian Shen, College of William and Mary, USA

Prof. Ni-Bin Chang, University of Central Florida, USA

Editorial Board

Prof. Sam Atkinson, University of North Texas, USA

Prof. Peter Dillon, Trent University, Canada

Dr. Amitava Bandyopadhyay, University of Calcutta, India

Dr. Jane Heyworth, University of Western Australia, Australia

Dr. Madan Kumar Jha, Indian Institute of Technology, India

Prof. Zhaohua Li, Hubei University, China

Dr. Pan Liu, Wuhan University, China

Prof. Jiho Min, Chonbuk National University, Korea (South)

Dr. Dhundi Raj Pathak, Osaka Sangyo University, Japan

Prof. Ping-Feng Pai, National Chi Nan University, Chinese Taipei

Dr. Mohamed Nageeb Rashed, South Valley University, Egypt

Dr. Dipankar Saha, Ministry of Water Resources Government of India, India

Prof. Vladimir Soldatov, National Academy of Sciences, Belarus

Prof. Matthias Templ, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Prof. Aswani K. Volety, Florida Gulf Coast University, USA

Prof. Muqi Xu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Prof. Xiaohua Yang, Beijing Normal University, China

Prof. Fan Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Prof. Xiying Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Dr. Chunli Zheng, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Editorial Assistant

Vivian QI, Scientific Research Publishing, USA

Email: jwarp@scirp.org

Guide to authors

To expedite the review process, please format the manuscript in ways as follow:

1. Prepare your manuscript as a single PDF or editable Word document. The file should include the complete text, references, tables and figures. Any revised manuscripts should be sent as a single editable Word document.

2. Manuscripts should be written in English and include a 100-300 word abstract.

3. Make sure all the characters in the text, tables, figure legends, footnotes and references are in a single typeface and point size – such as 12 pt Times New Roman. Once a manuscript is accepted, a copy editor will decide the typeface and size of the different elements of the article.

4. Submit all figures or photographs as jpg or tif files with distinct characters and symbols at 500 dpi (dots per inch). Tables and equations should be in an editable rather than image version. Tables must be edited with Word. Equations must be edited with Equation Editor.

5. Type your manuscript single spaced. This will save pages, makes it easier for reviewers to handle and helps slow down global warming by using less paper.

6. All references should be numbered in square brackets in the text and listed in the REFERENCES section in the order they appear in the text, as shown below:

Authors are invited to provide the names of three well qualified reviewers. Current e-mail addresses must be provided for all suggested reviewers.

An author declaration form should be signed by all authors. A template for this form is included at the end of this document.

A copyright transfer agreement should be signed after the acceptance for publication.

Review Process

Manuscripts not adhering to journal guidelines will be returned to authors without scientific evaluation. Submitted manuscripts adhering to journal guidelines are reviewed by the Editor-in-Chief or an Editor, who will assign it them to reviewers. The Editorial Board prepares a decision letter according to the comments of the reviewers, which is sent to the corresponding author. All non reviewed manuscripts are sent back within 10 days and decisions letters of manuscripts are sent within 4 weeks.